SQL/Server DBA
Location: US, TX, Grapevine
Salary range: 100000-117000
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Master's Degree
Industry: Retail
Function: Information Technology

Company profile:
Cigniti Inc. is a 15 year old Irving, TX based professional services and staffing company which helped companies like Trimac Transportation Services, The Freeman Company, Crowley Maritime Corporation, SUBWAY , Teletech Holdings, Heartland Payment Systems, Merrill Lynch, MoneyGram, Stroz Friedberg, HighRadius Corporation, Hertz, Lego, Exeter Finance, NQ Mobile, SecondStreet Media, IQ Interactive, Intuit, Kabam, Vungle, Winshuttle, Shazam Entertainment, Opera Software ASA, GXS India Technology Center, Commerce to identify the right talent for their ongoing and upcoming projects in multiple locations across the USA. The Cigniti Advantage: With a full time staff of over 500 certified consultants across the USA, Cigniti can be your go-to partner for all your staffing needsDedicated Talent Acquisition team(s) with over a decade and a half of experience and expertise in staffing IT/QA teams15% bench to meet those dynamic business and project demandsOnsite consultants working at client locations have access to a specialized R&amp;D team and senior leadership at no extra cost to our clientsDedicated account management that will take ownership of resource onboarding processes to ensure rapid induction of consultants to your projects Can we schedule a few minutes to talk about your recruitment strategy and plans?  We would like to explore opportunities to work in partnership with your team. We look forward to hearing from you.

Job description:
SUMMARYThe Senior Database Administrator works with general supervision. The position interacts with a supervisor as needed to receive guidance and feedback; many non-routine activities will require a supervisor's advance approval. The Senior Database Administrator is responsible for feature design and development, maintenance, and production support of all corporate data management solutions. This position is also responsible for supporting multiple third party databases. Desired business outcomes include stable, accurate, efficient data management to support leadership decision making.ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES*Collaborates with other Information Technology associates and functional business teams to build, deliver, and support effective, creative data management solutions aligned to specified business initiatives.Creates, coordinates and administers databases, including base definition, structure documentation, operational guidelines, and security.Based upon management direction, plans and implements strategies for meeting data management needs.Monitors project deliverables, as directed, to ensure project and functional leaders receive accurate, timely updates as required.Applies established data management best practices and recommends improvements.Assists application support teams with third party application installations and upgrades.Produces essential reports on a daily, weekly, monthly or ad hoc as necessary.Assists with other information technology projects, as assigned, within the general scope of regularly assigned responsibilities and related qualifications.RELATED COMPETENCIESAdaptability:  Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing significant changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.Continuous Improvement: Originating action to improve existing conditions and processes; identifying improvement opportunities, generating ideas, and implementing solutions.Information Monitoring:  Setting up ongoing procedures, processes, and applications to collect, review, and process information needed to manage an organization or ongoing activities within it.Technical-Professional Knowledge and Skills:  Having achieved a satisfactory level of technical and professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; keeping up with current developments and trends in areas of expertise.

Requirements:
BASIC AND PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE)An accredited Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technology-based discipline required5 or more years of related experience required, including production DBA and/or development DBA experience, current (2005 or 2008) SQL Server DBA experienceMCDBA or MCTS certifications preferredPreferred experience includes managing large databases (1TB) and/or many database servers (100+), 2005/2008 table partitioning, high-volume retail e-commerce, and SSRS and SSAS business intelligence experienceMust be able to participate in a “on-call” rotation and accept calls after hours and on weekendsMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, JOB SKILLS, ABILITIESExpert understanding of all SQL Server tools including, but not limited to, Profiler/Management Studio/Enterprise ManagerProficient understanding of relational and dimensional data modelingProficient understanding of replication, distributed systems performance tuning, and optimization MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, JOB SKILLS, ABILITIES — (cont.)Proficient understanding of project management principles, including the ability to respond as needed to complex, overlapping, evolving, and potentially conflicting prioritiesWorking knowledge of active/active or active/passive clusteringWorking knowledge of log shipping, replication, and mirroringProficient knowledge of Microsoft Windows server 2000 / 2003Proficient knowledge of Idera / Red Gate toolsProficient knowledge of network technologies and active directory functionalityProficient knowledge of configuration management, version control, web publishing strategiesAbility to exchange ideas and communicate effectively with others of varying technological knowledge using written and spoken English

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